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Kerry COX
Will there be an air started Mack truck of the 'Western Transport Co' ? Circa 66 ?

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Martin Oostrom
I'm afraid not Kerry. This will be one of the more modern (boring?) trucks. I'm planning on doing a special livery, so keep tuned in spring!
I might try and find an old Mack tomorrow at SMC....

Kerry COX
Good to know mate. 👍
I have had a look around for the older version I was referring to and they only come in diecast. 🙁

Spanjaard
what about those extremely long trucks?

Martin Oostrom
Thanx Kerry. Saves me the trouble of scouring all the older stuff at SMC for it. I will be scouring al the older stuff, one might never know what he finds 😄
No Spanjaard! This truck is long enough by itself to claim a significant portion of my display cabinet when finished.

Spanjaard
Pity that I will not be able to help you in your quest tomorrow.... I should have not joined two trainings ....

Kerry COX
"Road Trains" those extremely long trucks are called.
A sure death sentence if you try to overtake them in a car.
In the link above, there is an image (13) of one truck carrying bails of wool from the shearing sheds out on the "Darling Downs" west of Toowoomba.
At that stage, the biggest loads of produce ever hauled by truck, and mostly, on unsealed roads. !

Spanjaard
Road trains indeed

Peter Hardy
So Kez, are you going to have a crack at an ancient Aussie lorry?

Kerry COX
NO , NIX, nada. 😉

Peter Hardy
So, you're thinking about it then?

Kerry COX
NO , NIX, nada.

Bob Hall
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Can I build this one ? LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peter Hardy
You can build it Bob. Whether we let you enter it in the group build is another matter. Make a beautiful model if you could find one.

Danny Meer
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Peter Hardy
Making a start tomorrow morning! Chassis and engine first!

Bozzer
Good man! Have fun Peter.

Martin Oostrom
I did multiple attempts of removing the chrome on these parts.
Step 1: Bleach bath - No dice
Step 2: Regular oven cleaner spray - Meh
Step 3: Regular oven cleaner liquid bath in a jar - More meh
Step 4: Regular oven cleaner spray in a sealed bag - Total meh
Step 5: Mr Muscle oven cleaner spray in a sealed bag, 4.5 hours - Not happy
Step 6: Mr Muscle oven cleaner spray in a sealed bag, 12 hours - crying
Step 7: Bozzer's way: Bathing in Dot 4 brake fluid, rinse, bath in bleach, rinse, bath in brake fluid, rinse - THERE IS STILL RESIDUE
Next step: Blame Peter, just because he's Australian 😄

Peter Hardy
I'm only staying quiet on this because I haven't tried to de-chrome yet!

Kerry COX
Peter, Mr Muscle oven cleaner is the best for de chroming, (caustic) use out doors. 😉
They found my phone. !!!

Peter Hardy
Yay!

Tom ...
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Tom ...
Thankfully my dechroming was not *as* bad as yours. Welcome to the build....

Donald Dickson II
Super Clean or Simple Green both do a good job of removing chrome.

Martin Oostrom
I'm guessing the chrome got tired of all the chemical attacks and stubbornly decided to sabotage my build. Looking at all those pristine sprues of me mateys makes sad 😉

Bozzer
Sorry to hear you're having a bad time Martin. I have yet to order my Alclad chrome. I also need to post update pics.

Martin Oostrom
I spent over 3 hours trying to get one of the smaller tanks chrome residue free. Sanding, more sanding, polishing. More sanding, polishing. More sanding.

I just gave up and ordered a new kit. This one will become…. something, someday

Nathan Dempsey
That's a bummer Martin! I hope you will be able to salvage it at some point.

Bozzer
Martin, use the kit as a rat rod? If it helps, we, your friends, have enough parts in our spares box, to build several! I have boxes of crap, that I may never even use? Did you guys see my post on my build thread, about the cab? I need to get pictures posted!

Tom ...
Martin, I have two words: Mad Max! No sanding required!

Peter Hardy
Think of it as practice Marty!

Martin Oostrom
I have no clue what a rat rod could be? And I think my English vocabulary is pretty decent 😮

These chrome parts look perfect for a neglected version, so it might come out like that one day.

Practice it is Peter!

Peter Hardy
And while you're waiting you can get busy building a replacement steering box.

Martin Oostrom
Not while in a vacation cottage. All I can do is snip, sand, glue and polish.
Replacement was ordered yesterday, could be home sooner than I am 😄 Either Friday or Saturday, we'll be home Friday evening.

Spanjaard
you will came up with something, no doubt

Martin Oostrom
Kit arrived this morning. Three guesses how I spent my afternoon!

Tom ...
So jealous. The dechroming came out beautifully! Hats off to Bozzer!

Peter Hardy
I cannot bring myself to try! You blokes have me spooked more than Deontay Wilder when Tyson walks into the bar! I got some pics to load tonight.

Peter Hardy
Well Marty, you can front up to the new job tomorrow glowing with confidence after the success!

Bozzer
The wizardry is amazing! I love watching the chrome vanish in front of my eyes.

Spanjaard
great ! 🙂

Spanjaard
so what is the final recipe ? and why it did not work before?

Bozzer
Spanjaard, I can only assume that with the original parts, there was some kind of a chemical reaction. Some manufacturers use a clear coat on the chrome. The brake fluid removes the clear, the bleach vaporises the chrome, then the return to brake fluid removes the primary coat of clear. Something, somewhere, reacted with the process. After my two current builds, I'm going to invest some time into looking at what happened here. I'm also going to experiment with other products. I'll post my findings on a new thread, once I have got something to work with. I hope this helps buddy?

Peter Hardy
Bozz, can you do it quickly please? I haven't de-chromed yet! 😉

Bozzer
Lol Peter! The speed up process involves removal of the clear coat. Obviously, it has to be done without harming the plastic in any way. If this was a Revell or AMT kit, then normally, you'd just use the bleach. Them guys don't use a clear coat and the operation literally takes seconds. I'll see if I can do some tests over the weekend.

Spanjaard
thanks Bozzer!

Martin Oostrom
Before Bozzer's trick, I had attacked the parts with bleach, oven cleaner, more oven cleaner, more bleach. It must have done something and prevented Bozzer's method to work properly.
The way to go:
- Brake fluid
- Rinse
- Bleach
- Rinse
- Brake Fluid
- Rinse

If necessary, repeat the bleach-rinse-brake fluid cycle again.

Peter Hardy
I don't have any brake fluid. You only need brakes for corners and bends and all Australian roads are straight.

Bozzer
Lol Peter, that's what I always believed, until I came across a junction in palmwoods, Queensland. I've never seen so many road markings for a junction, in my life! The asphalt was almost white! And i thought our American cousins had problems with roundabouts? Luckily, being a true Brit, i mastered the junction and continued the journey safely. I was surprised however, to learn some of your rules regarding vehicle safety tests! We here, have to complete one, by law, every year. A fail means your car is off the road, until repairs are carried out and another test is completed successfully. Check out UK MOT Test.

Bozzer
Pictures uploaded

wilky
Bozzer, that's the beauty of states.
Depends which state you're in as to what level of safety you have on the roads.
I'm in Victoria which requires a roadworthy only on change of owner or if you let your rego run out past three months.
I lived in South Australia and there's no roadworthy required but the Police harass provisional licence holders and often defect their vehicles for the most minor of problems .
Often a defected vehicle in South Australia never goes back on the road unless you've spent a lot of money modifying it.
I believe that New South Wales has yearly roadworthy requirements.
No idea about the other states.
Due to South Australia not having roadworthy requirements a lot of trucking companies register their trailers there and this has caused preventable deaths due to cost cutting by not carrying out necessary maintenance
Years ago you'd see roadside safety testing of vehicles with trucks being the main focus but I haven't seen one in a long time.
Now it's the Police you see testing for drugs rather than the relevant roads authority except you do see log book inspections especially in my little town because our main street is really wide thus the flow of traffic isn't impeded

wilky
I spent years driving trucks but had to give it up because I had great difficulty finding a boss that I could happily work for.
I don't like being forced to compromise safety for time constraints and driving dangerous vehicles due to a lack of maintenance.
It might be because before I even had my heavy vehicle licence I was a Tram driver in Adelaide.
We could refuse to drive a vehicle if it had issues and just get a replacement, something that can't be done in any of the trucking companies I worked for.
I'd even had a boss once recommend drug taking which was the complete opposite of working in public transport

Olivier
I read you have roads in Australia. That comes as a complete surprise to me. I thought roads only ever existed in Europe. I mean Western continental Europe of course. The rest of the world had tracks didn't it ? 😉

Peter Hardy
Fair point Oliver! Never found a road from Australia to Western Europe so I haven't been there.
Wilky, Company I work for you'd be disciplined, maybe even terminated for taking an unroadworthy truck out of the depot! Mind you, we don't have deadlines or ETAs either. One call to the boss and you are early!

wilky
Peter, that's how it should be.
I don't drive trucks any more I surrendered my licence after my heart problems.
I could have kept it with paperwork from specialists but if something happened while I was driving I couldn't live with myself

Peter Hardy
Martin, you are long overdue for some pics please!

Martin Oostrom
I can post new pics of the same situation. #NoProgress

Nathan Dempsey
I was about to post pictures of my hands sitting idle.

Bozzer
Keep up with the good work buddy. Lol, I'm trying to mask up my stripes. Think I'll leave it for today, them shots I was drinking last night, are still in effect!

Danny Meer
Lol Nathan 😄 ATM Netherlands close to lockdown from now...al non essential shops closed, Coffeeshops need to close aswell so now they all stand in line to get weed for atleast 3 weeks lol...

All those effected stay strong and good luck, every1 else keep on building😉

Martin Oostrom
I caved under Peter's challenge 😉
Did some cutting, glueing and sanding today. Just a few parts, not too many.
As I'm aiming for a high gloss show truck finish, I need to sand, polish and polish and polish every part super smooth. I might have bit of more than I can chew (as usual)

Martin Oostrom
Being one of the stragglers in this group build, I decided to get some stuff done. Not much, but at least my truck will be different from the others.
It's a shame really, Peter setting the bar so high

Bozzer
Martin, don't worry about it mate. I've not had chance to do much. The recent heatwave here, has had me busy in the garden and doing other jobs around the house. I'm also now, waiting for some white paint, that I thought I had, to arrive. I'm glad you cut your roof spoiler off. I was thinking about that too, and it now bugs the hell outta me! You have done the right thing. I think due to the many problems that we have all faced, the build is gonna over run the deadline. I don't mind. Exceptional circumstances, deserve consideration. We're still all in this together 👍

Martin Oostrom
Next time I'll use old fashioned Revell Plasta for filler. This gap was too big for sprue glue.
The end of the build was already extended till the end of July. Should be enough for most of us?

Peter Hardy
Very creative Marty! I look forward to you widening the cab next! Why do you have bubbles it the sprue glue?

Martin Oostrom
Must have been radiation from the capricon star system, or extraterrestial flux generated by my wife's vegetarian yoghurt

Bozzer
I'll drink to that! And I hope your wife gets her old self back, in the very near future 😉

wilky
I use baking soda or plastic dust and super glue.
Doesn't shrink and dries quickly

Lode Schildermans
Nevertheless, Martin, the outcome is nice, IMO. I'm looking forward to see more

Martin Oostrom
So am I Lode, so am I.

Tim Heimer
Marty I'm proud of you! Nice maneuver!

Bozzer
Updated my album

Peter Hardy
Change your cover pic Marty. Getting bored with this one!

Martin Oostrom
Yes Pete, off course Peter, at once Peter. Satisfied Peter?
I spent a couple of hours polishing a bunch of cut and sanded parts. Now they're nice an shiny!
I'm hoping to cut and glue most pieces, as Alclad smells like **** and I don't want to expose my self-quarantined family to the fumes too much/long.

Martin Oostrom
Colour test

Bozzer
Ooooh the exciting part! Now you have my full attention!

Martin Oostrom
Not there yet Bozzer. I had a chat with Peter. Just like the rest of us, blue was my first choice. After Peters succes, I need something else, as his will be incomparable.
So it will be Ruby Red with Gold, or Silver and Blue.
Also have been drawing up some designs on a piece of paper. Peter keeps complaining my designs are 'American'.

Kerry COX
Candy Green with a deep silver base. ? Mmmmmmmmmm😉 👍

Bozzer
Lol, all my ideas are American, and I'm born and bred Brit! I'm sure you know what you're doing, so I have faith. I did loads of research into my colours, just because I didn't want to do green, like I thought that everyone else was doing? We're all gonna get there in the end though. Keep your chin up, buddy, and keep safe.

Martin Oostrom
As Lode will confirm time and time again, I have no clue! I know what I like, but that is a bit hard to do. We'll see where my dumb luck will take me 😉

Martin Oostrom
Added some (bad) drawings I made. Just some ideas. I need a blue patch on the back of the sleeper for a special secret something….which kinda rules out the Ruby and Gold options.

Peter Hardy
How come I get dragged into this?

Tim Heimer
My vote is pic#38

Spanjaard
it will looks awesome for sure.

Lode Schildermans
Martin, I confirm, knowing you a bit, you haven't got the faintest idea which color. And than, suddenly, we see it appear on scalemates

Bozzer
#37 & #38 get my vote

Martin Oostrom
So true Lode. My mind has been skipping between red/blue/green/orange/yellow/black in different combinations. Right now I'm back to my two-tone idea, with the colours reversed. But that could change any minute 😄

Peter Hardy
Progress? Nearly fell off my chair!

Lode Schildermans
I am curious of the definite choice, my Dutch friend

Martin Oostrom
Hold on tight Peter! The Kingsday day off gave me some time to do some actual painting. Hope you like it.
Still in doubt Lode. Bought some time by painting other stuff.

Lode Schildermans
Why doubting Martin? It's not the color that makes the build, but what the builder makes from it. Don't think you can do it, know you can do it

Peter Hardy
Kings day? I thought you had a Queen?

Kerry COX
OR. !!! LGBTQ. ? :-/

Tim Heimer
You're getting there!

Martin Oostrom
Our Queen abdicated some five years ago. Now we have a King and a mrs King: google.nl/url?sa=i&a..ust=1588149406726898

Peter Hardy
Takes a long time for news to get here.

Martin Oostrom
They visited Australia in '16......

Tim Heimer
LOL!

Wim van der Luijt
LOL indeed....I'm going to steal the idea for the clips

Peter Hardy
They should nearly be home again then!

Greg Baker
King and Mrs. King.... hahaha

Peter Hardy
Great. You need a King for four acres of tulip field and a cheese fridge!

Wim van der Luijt
Get back in your cage Mr Hardy! 😄

Martin Oostrom
Peter is jealous. We've got a good lookin Argentinian Queen while he's stuck with LoLiL

Peter Hardy
Sorry Gents and Martin, It's the isolation y'see, makes a man all silly!

Bozzer
Lol, Mrs King! We have a Queen and a Prince! To make things worse, there's German in the blood! Now that's gotta prove how screwed up we are? Nice progress on the truck buddy. I've been contemplating a few amendments. I'm not sure I like what I see now, so I am gonna do some research and see what happens. I'm just getting fussy in my old age.

Peter Hardy
Now I am burning with curiosity Bozz!

Martin Oostrom
Right Bozz. Our Kings granddaddy is German. His daddy is German as well. So I guess he's 3/4 German. To spice it up he married the daughter of a secretary of agriculture from the Argentinian Junta.
Never a dull moment with our royals!

Bozzer
Lol, no wonder our countries are in a mess! And to think of all the debates and arguments about immigration?

Danny Meer
Damn!!! that interiour is awesome, love the patterns in the bed sheets 👍

Martin Oostrom
Update. I wanted to do a red and mostly blue Alclad candy finish. Peter did such a nice job with his blue colour, as did Bozzer, that I needed another colour. While pondering my options, I decided I wanted an Alclad Golden Yellow engine. Cue Chris with his golden rod. So now I have a blue engine and something that resembles burnt pancakes for an interior. I have picked my exterior colour(s) and hope for a better result there....

Chris Greathouse
Yay for golden rods 😛

Bozzer
Lol, Golden Rods! Martin, it's hard for you, because you feel like you're living in our shadows. Don't worry buddy, just do your thing. It's not about who is the best, the fact is, we're all losers. The beauty of this is simple.... We all learned from eachother! Dude, this is an epic group build. When mine is finished, no matter what she looks like, she's getting top place! Every single one of us, has gone through crappy moments. We've lived through crappy times. But the best part is, we all came through it together! No matter what we produce, we did an awesome thing.😉

Kerry COX
Competition is great. 👍
But even more fun when competing with yourself. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Martin Oostrom
Don't get me wrong Bozzer, I know I'm a better builder than some on this site, and I know there are better builders than me. I'm living a happy life in the middle of the pack 👍
It's just that being behind pace wise has (dis)advantages. The pitfalls are stepped in by others. But the colour scheme I had in mind became a no go as I don't want the same colours as you guys. We're not building tanks this time!

Sir Cox, taking part in a real competition isn't my cup of tea. Would only add pressure to my hobby and I have enough of that in my work and sometimes in my other private life. I do like tom improve with each build and that goal is being met!

Thank you for your encouragement, we all will finish this truck and they'll be beautiful 👍

Peter Hardy
Very nice job on the engine belts! I couldn't get mine to sit straight!

Lode Schildermans
Martin, my dear friend, this build is coming nicely together (from my point of view) It's getting better and better

Bozzer
We shall go on to the end. We shall fight on the finish, and on the satins and clear parts. We shall fight with growing confidence, and growing strength in the airbrush. We shall defend our builds, whatever the cost maybe. We will fight them on the benches, we shall fight with the laquers, and the chromes, and the steels. We shall fight all the clears. We will never surrender!

Peter Hardy
Flippin' Pommies!

Wim van der Luijt
LOL....that's an epic speech!

Chris Greathouse
Bozz you remind me of the Braveheart speech 😛 (translate to modeling) Youtube Video

Chris Greathouse
Bozzer, I think that makes you William Wallace riding against plastic that's warped, pieces that break, paints that don't play nice, instructions that are F'd...

And the crowd bellowing and cheering behind you would be SCALEMATES. 😄

Bob Hall
I think he's related to Winston Churchill ! LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Martin Oostrom
Finally some more work done.

Chaz Gordon
Mr Hardy, you realise you are insulting your own Head of State!

Peter Hardy
No problem with that. National pastime.

Martin Oostrom
I'm getting a bit emotional. I sprayed some colour on the tanks... finally!

Lode Schildermans
Finally, and now we want to see more, my Dutch friend

Greg Baker
Yes, we do!

Peter Hardy
Must be a Dutchman. It's going to be orange!

Chris Greathouse
You're moving along mate!!! Now I need to get my ass in gear and pickup on my truck 😄

Martin Oostrom
More colour, by request 😉

Lode Schildermans
And we request even more colour, my mate. Nice to see you progressing on this build

Martin Oostrom
Why build 2 models at the same time, when you can do three? After my moderate succes with Tamiya primer on the Porsche, I had an urge to see some colour. And there was this truck calling me softly...
So I got the primer out of the airbrush and put some yellow in it.

Nathan Dempsey
Now that's a nice color 🙂

Spanjaard
that yellow looks beautiful

Tim Heimer
Follow the yellow brick road! Or in this case the yellow truck load!

Martin Oostrom
Small steps are still steps

Kerry COX
The red Australian mud splatter is looking good. Make sure that some one has written with their finger through that splatter, "Clean me !" for it to look genuine. hahahahahahahahaha 🙂 👍
Looking the ducks nuts Martin. 😉 👍

Tim Heimer
Step by step, mm by mm he will get there! Go Martin go!

Martin Oostrom
As this build has been in the way on my bench for way too long, I decided to expand it a bit 😄
In true form, the trailer needs a bunch of putty as well

Martin Oostrom
After about 5 hours of cleaning, sanding and glueing, progress is slow but still progress

Lode Schildermans
And the work is paying off, my Dutch friend

Spanjaard
Lode could not be more right 🙂

Martin Oostrom
It's all about the memories. I built this trailer about 30 years ago. Back then Revell had car kits with prepainted metal bodies, and the trailer was sturdy enough to handle a couple of them on the top level.

Peter Hardy
You could make a new part out of all the mess!

Spanjaard
as long as no old parts are lost in the mess 😉

Martin Oostrom
It took me a while to find some energy and sand all the putty back. Then I got infected with Peter's Detail Fingers. So I made some air tanks. Added some brake lines, and some more. Still a long way from done...

Lode Schildermans
Martin, it looks a promising build. Nice to see the scratch build addons. They surely give added value to your build

Brandon H
Lookin good Martin!

Peter Hardy
Going good brother Martin! I will be interested in the til lights you go with.

Martin Oostrom
Well, some progress was made in the last weeks. I finished all the prepwork and started with the primer. I used white on the topside of the parts and grey on the underside. Not because I planned to do preshading and stuff, just because I didn't have enough white primer 😄

Martin Oostrom
Time for some colour! After two hours of airbrushing I stopped, OR I ran out of yellow 😉

Spanjaard
looking good Martin.

Kerry COX
Yellow. That got me thinking, and here is what I found. 😉 [img1]?fj=1

Martin Oostrom
Close Kerry. The truck trailer combo will be from a small independent operator. Just wait for the final reveal…

Bozzer
Hat's off to you, Martin 👍

Spanjaard
Oostrom Trucking Services Australia?

Kerry COX
Martin. Soon I hope. 😉

Peter Hardy
Mobile car park!

Martin Oostrom
All parts that need to be yellow, are. Only about 2ml of paint left, so I cut it close!

Peter Hardy
Looking on the money Martin!

Martin Oostrom
Got a lot done over the weekend. Inching closer to the end.

Tom ...
Wow that thing is huge! Major progress. Looks really good!

Spanjaard
Looking really good Martin!

Peter Hardy
Very good Martin, but can you reverse it when assembled?

Brandon H
A productive weekend indeed! Nice progress!

Greg Baker
I'm loving this!

David Taylor
Not a truck guy normally but defo in.

Bozzer
Blimey Martin, that's impressive! I don't think that trailer will struggle passing any inspection! But now you got me thinking, what are you going to load it with? I have a few ideas for mine, which will become apparent, but have you thought about your load?

Martin Oostrom
Thank you all for the supportive comments. I need to find some time for the finishing touches!
Bozzer, she will be loaded on the lower deck with some lesser builds, like the Mitsubishi GTO and on top will be the Miura, the Mustang and the Chevy Pickup

Kerry COX
The "MO Freight Co". ! 😉

Martin Oostrom
Close but no shave Kerry!
The owner won't be MO, or some other average Joe! 😄 Although he could do a bit more maintenance
Won't be much longer now…

Tom ...
Martin, that has come out really nicely. Looks so good!!

Bill Newcomer
I remember when you guys started the group, build. I want to join in because I have the Revell KW but I was not anywhere near high enough in the queue. Also I want to get my painting skillset to be improved enough before tackling it. It has been entertaining reading the thread.

Lode Schildermans
Martin, this is really an impressive build. I'm following with great interest. Keep on the good pace

Martin Oostrom
Well thank you gentlemen. The trailer did what it was supposed to do: kickstart my mojo. I don't want to kill it right away by opening the truck's box right away, so there is something else coming. In the meantime: Car Transporter | Album by Mahoo76 (1:24)

Spanjaard
great job Martin

Peter Hardy
Martin, I have no words!

Martin Oostrom
That's a first! 😄

Peter Hardy
😂

Greg Baker
Don't worry I'm sure Peter will find some. He has an endless supply. 😉

But he's not the only one to be left speechless by this project. 🙂

Lode Schildermans
I fully agree with Greg

Martin Oostrom
Now I'm lost for words 😄

Peter Hardy
Now that IS a first!

Bozzer
I dragged mine off the shelf, the other day. I might try to separate the cab and dip it in brake fluid? I'll decide after I've finished my other builds. Still love that trailer though bro! Definitely a head turner!

Nathan Dempsey
That's funny Bozzer because I pulled my box out and looked at my kit too just last week. I got the mojo going on a few aircraft build though so I'm sticking with that for now.

Peter Hardy
You blokes are so slow! Mine is under 20mm of dust now!

Bozzer
Nathan, I envy you for still having the eyes and steadiness for those tiny aircraft parts. I think my last 1/72 was a Lancaster Bomber? I just can't physically do them anymore. I loved my 1/35 German armour too, but again, my body let me down.
Peter, I have done several since, but that kit did things to me, that nearly kicked me off the horse. However, it's Italeri, so it's strong, so I have faith that I can bring it back to life 😉

Nathan Dempsey
Peter: 🤣 Too right my friend!

Bozzer: I can't do any sort of building unless I wear my Optivisor. I'm too stubborn to go get actual glasses.

Martin Oostrom
I definitely want to finish this one. So here we go.

Ard S.
I have had the trailer when I was young. I thought I have bought it with a truck as well. But I has broken while I had placed it with 4 VW Golf on it on a shelve. Sadly the music box was there too and when I put my radio too loud the whole set drive from the shelve to the ground... All 6 models could go into the garbage. Since that time I glue at least one wheel..

Peter Hardy
Bozzer, I have not done a truck since and I didn't want to do it in the first place. That Martin Oostrom thought it would be a good idea to torment me in my retirement and it worked. Bikes, old classic cars and sci fi are my go! (I did actually enjoy the 'Star but don't tell Marty that)! Watching the Freightliner being built has stirred me, just a little.

Martin Oostrom
Ard, you didn't 😱

Peter, o Peter. Now I have ideas swirling in my head 😈

Ard S.
Martin, never talk about it anymore. It still hurts. But I guess that at my age now (it was 30 years ago) the models would be broken anyway. 😢

Bozzer
Peter, I've been into bikes from being a kid, but choppers, not road racers. However, I can't get into them in plastic? I love the smell of oil and petrol, the taste of the exhaust fumes, in the back of your throat, and the heat from the blue chrome exhaust. It's a lifestyle, not a daily commute? However, my cars are mainly nostalgia or something similar? Now my trucks, they're my mini me! I'd love to drive every single one, but there's more chance of finding a unicorn turd? It doesn't phase me though, and one day, I'll have a Mack on my drive. And I'll guarantee that I'll sit there, and start the bugger up, every Sunday morning, just to p**s off the neighbours 😉

Peter Hardy
Bozzer, I always thought if I won Lotto I would buy a brand new T950 Kenworth "Heritage" and park it in my backyard so I could throw stones at it! After 5.5 million kilometres in trucks I have seen enough.

Martin, I can hear your rusty old brain from here. Give it a rest will ya?

Greg Baker
Glad to see this one back in action!

bughunter
Nice to see another build from your bench! I was going through all the pics at one - I really like the trailer 👍

Martin Oostrom
Thanks Bughunter, once again I'll try and finish this thing.

Lode Schildermans
Looking forward to see the final result, Martin

Peter Hardy
Geeze Marty, my Aussie 'Star has worn out 10 sets of tyres waiting for you to build this!

Martin Oostrom
The operator who ordered my truck can't make up his mind about which configuration he wants. A true pain in the ass

Martin Oostrom
And we have primer and paint on the chassis and several bits!

Bozzer
Mine is now a dress makers dummy, for resin cabs. The paint on the cab and sleeper, was never right. One day, I'll have a play with it and see if I can resurrect it?

Nathan Dempsey
Don't worry Martin, your kit will need 10 sets of tires by the time mine is done. Peter's will be at 20!

Bill Newcomer
Nice to read up on y'all's procrastination. I now have a second KW T-900 thanks to Jarrett. Once I get back to building, I may join this little party.

Martin Oostrom
We're up to speed now. Sprayed primer, black and yellow today.
Bill, the Groupbuild was supposed to end in the summer of 2020. But you're free to join in anyway.

Goldman
Big Bang Theory? Great choice!

Martin Oostrom
Thanks Goldman.
A lot was done this weekend. Current state: Almost all parts painted. Decals are on. I'm in love with the new Revell chrome. I decanted it and thinned with slt, 50-50.
It sprays beautifully and it covers like a charm.

Bozzer
Looking good mate. You've really cracked on, this weekend!

Mr D
Can't get anymore Australian than that..🤣
Nice 👍

Spanjaard
looking really nice my friend 🙂

Goldman
I want to try it too but it is only available in spray cans that cannot be air shipped.
I guess I should settle for one of the dozen other chromes that I already have...

Mr D
CA is best, trouble with plastic for plating......is it's a different plastic blend to allow for the electrolysis, it's conductive, it just doesn't glue to good with poly.
Get some of the fine applicator tips for your CA and you be good to go.
Very smart model 👍👍

Brandon H
Some great progress the last few days! Excited to see the final product!

Martin Oostrom
Thank folks.

And I totally forgot to mention: The decals made by Spanjaard worked exactly as I hoped

Goldman, I have tried acrylics, Alclad is too much hit or miss, Molotow stays tacky for a long time. There must be a good enough chrome out there for you.

Mr D, two fresh bottles of CA are waiting on my desk.

Great song Urban, has been stuck in my head for an hour already.

Ben M
I will try CA for gluing the plated plastic in the future. I cannot get it to glue well with liquid styrene glue even with the surfaces clear of plating. It makes sense it is a different blend of plastic. The only problem is CA tends to cause the adjacent "chrome" to frost and turn white.

I've experimented with Vallejo acrylic "chrome" and it's a lot brighter than "aluminum".

Mr D
I just purchased these for my CA nice n acute 👍.

a.aliexpress.com/_EynOzw9

Bozzer
Ben, I gotta admit, I had the same thing, with CA/Superglue. I don't use it for plastic models, anymore. I do however, use it for my resin stuff.

Martin Oostrom
Just stay very clear of the clear parts with the ca. Fog is a fiend.

Bozzer
I've found, a good quality, exterior wood glue, that dries clear, works perfectly for clear parts. Apply it with a cocktail stick, on tricky areas.

Bozzer
Picture 168 should be under the heading
"SEXY"

Spanjaard
I have never been into the idea of decanting cans but that Revell chrome is just tempting me to do it, wow!

Jay Dubya
PHH - hilarious !

Goldman
I use BSI Super Gold+ CA glue. Expensive but never had it caused fogging. It also doesn't grab instantly which give you a little time to position the parts properly.

Really like the yellow. Which color did you use?

Tom ...
Bravo, Martin. Mine is still in its box in the closet somewhere.... like a lot of my projects... some day... life willing...

bughunter
Wow, picture 168 looks really fantastic 👍 You made a great progress over the weekend!

Mr D
It's good metal finish on the tank straps....what paint did you use ??
Looking good 👍👍

Martin Oostrom
The yellow is decanted Tamiya TS16 Yellow.
The chrome is decanted Revell Chrome, diluted 50/50 with mr hobby Self levelling thinner

Kerry COX
🙂 And the imitation fur stuck to the bull bar is meant to replicate the remnants of the dead camels and roo's that are found all over the roads of West Australia :after the wet season starts.-)
Looking just like the real deal Martin. 🙂

Peter Hardy
Hurry up Martin! I have a load I have to get to Adelaide by Tuesday!

Martin Oostrom
Italeri really screwed this kit. I had to remove several parts to be able to mount the steps/battery boxes in the right place. The tiny tanks interfere with the positioning of the large fuel tanks. And dumbest of all, the radiator sits too high for the bonnet to close.

Spanjaard
make a small base, just enough for the truck, and add a figure repairing the engine, so you can leave the bonnet open 😉

Christian Meyerhoff
Moin Bernhard!
Man kann jetzt schon sehen das das wieder etwas Außergewöhnliches wird. Tolles Vorbild und dann noch ein Matchbox kit... Aber Du machst ja eh aus Sch.... Gold 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Immer wieder frage ich mich, warum ich so lange mit dem Anmelden gewartet habe? So viel Freude und so viel Lachen über die so originellen und witzigen Kommentare🙂

As usual with flying boats I begin with the floats. A little sketch "what to do" helps. On the 1st picture the caps punched from this alu-sheet are well visible. As usual for biplanes of this time the Stranraer has flat-metal profiles (no cables) for wiring. I solved this problem about 10 years ago, creating with Thomas Gatermann a small photo etched plate with flat wiring for biplanes from "new silver" (German Neusilber, a silver colored kind of messing). No painting of the wiring is necessary. On the 3rd picture the self made tool for the producing of rectangular holes for the mounting flat wiring is well visible.

Burkhard D
Oh, nice. I'll watch and learn 🙂

Christian Meyerhoff
Also, Hauptsache ist das Du hier bist. Ich glaube es gibt hier Niemanden der von Dir nicht lernen könnte.

Glenn
O.M.G. he's at it again! Bernhard, GREAT WORK MATE everything you do should end up displayed in a museum! FANTASTIC STUFF!

Holger Kranich
Moin Bernhard, oh you love to suffer, hu?😢 Carry on, i´ll take a seat here!🙂

Stefan Schneider
Ohhhhh! A new tutorial on how to create a masterpiece out of a limited kit base. Consider me subbed!

Stefan Schacht
Hi Bernhard, bin wieder mit dabei. Viele Grüße Stefan

Soeren R.
Nice work so Bernhard! Ill will take a seat too

David Funke
Prachtstücke am laufenden Band... ich guck wieder zu!

Kerry COX
Bernard, I just had a look at Google Images of the build you are doing and it should be something very special indeed.

Good times. 🙂

Marc A.
Looking good, Bernhard. Keep posting!

Xenia V.
Ooh, etwas aus meinen Heimat! Always fun to see something from my corner of the world, being built by someone on the other side of it!

And for the record, if I'm not wrong, "Neusilber" is nickel silver in English.

Alex
Ohje, jetzt getraue ich mich nie mehr, die Stranraer zu bauen. Sieht schon einmal sehr gut aus!

Bernhard Schrock
Everyone is welcome: lot of empty seats. I will try to make the pictures well - lighted🙂.
Alex: der Bausatz ist gar nicht schlecht und hat zumindest nicht die berüchtigten Gräben.
Xenia: danke für das nickel silver. I learned something again🙂

Stefan Fraundorfer
Natürlich bin ich auch wieder dabei, wenn ein weiteres Meisterstück entsteht.

Bernhard Schrock
One of four is completed: wing & aileron. The shape of the parts is ok but gluing OOB produces trailing edges with a thickness of approx 1 mm (72 mm in the original!!!). In picture 9 the difference of thickness compared with OOB is well visible. In picture 6 shows a self made tool to create a "seam structure under the fabric".

Bernhard Schrock
Have you ever asked yourself how to separate rudders with bent edges from the fins? This is a way (picture 10) how you could do it.

Christian Meyerhoff
Ok Bernhard! Great idea! How do you smooth the surface after drilling? I always use a razor saw for this kind of operation and fill the gab with sheet. Like this: Me-108 Heller | Album by worldinscale (1:72)

Bernhard Schrock
I have made from balsa wood and 240 grid sandingpaper several sanding blocks (Schleifklötze, sind inzwischen meine besten Werkzeugfreunde🙂 approx. 5x1x2 cm. In approx. 2 minutes the edges were smooth incl. finishing with an sanding stick.

Kerry COX
Bernhard, please forgive my ignorance. But how old is this kit and/or is it still readily available mate ?
The PE you have there for the rigging reminds me of the Tamiya Swordfish build and the flat thin brass for it's rigging.
You have a delicate touch there too. 🙂 🙂

Kerry COX
Opps, I goofed.

I just googled the Supermarine Stranraer in their Image factory and I see it is a 1/72 Revell kit. 🙂

Gordon Sørensen
Bernhard - are you using a microdrill to get these small holes? I use a razor saw to seperate the flying surfaces. For sanding, I glue different grades of sandpaper (Wet n' Dry 320 and 600) to popsicle sticks.

Wim van der Luijt
Tantalizing stuff as alwys from you, count me in!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Hallo Bernhard. Tolle Details bis jetzt, aber warum hast du diese übertriebene Rippenstruktur nicht reduziert?

Bernhard Schrock
Gordon: yes I used a electric micro drill and 0,4 mm drill bits.
Dieter: nun habe ich wohl keinen Ausweg und muss an dieser Stelle etwas tun🙁 War einfach zu faul, denn m. E. ist es mit dem Abschwächen nicht getan. Ich müsste alles glatt schleifen und die Struktur komplett neu aufbauen um das Original in etwa zu treffen. Die Pics aus Hendon von der QN 920 sind leider sehr scharf und "merciless".

Dieter Bihlmaier
Don't panic! Ich freue mich trotzdem, dir über die Schulter schauen zu dürfen. Womöglich fange ich dann auch an, eine Stranraer zu bauen.

Bernhard Schrock
Ist es so besser? Den zusätzlichen Aufwand stelle ich Dir in Rechnung Dieter! Es nach je einen Kaffee für links und rechts! Mit Milch, und zwar viel🙂

Dieter Bihlmaier
Klasse! So bin ich es von dir gewohnt.

Burkhard D
Brauchst Du noch ein paar Bilder von der Stranraer? 😄

Bernhard Schrock
Eigentlich lieber nicht🙂 Welche hast du denn? Je mehr desto besser!
Ich stütze mich zurzeit auf die Pics and Plans aus "Seawings".

Dieter Bihlmaier
Ich hätte da auch noch ein paar Detailbilder.

Kerry COX
What great results your achieving here Bernard, I am most impressed with the clarity of your work and the neat crisp rigging on the floats. 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Möchtest du noch mehr Kaffee in dieses Modell investieren Dieter?🙂. Klar her mit den Fotos.
Kerry: Thank you for this "crisp" feedback🙂

Today I mounted the elevator to the tail via self-made hinges from 0,8 mm wire. In my opinion it is not (or very hard) possible to fit these two parts using the hinges of the kit. The fixed surface has already the fabric structure, the structure of the elevator coming soon.

Burkhard D
Ich habe Dir einen Download-Link geschickt 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Moin Burkhard, danke auch für die andere Info🙂. Ist diesmal zeitlich etwas zu dicht an EME 2015...

Bernhard Schrock
Moin Dieter, hab eben beim 1.Kaffee die Pics gefunden. Die sind ja der Hammer, Deine Eigenen? Genau aus den Blickwinkeln, die im Nebel standen, besonders von unten. Werde viel Zeit für Recherche sparen🙂 Grünes Licht für Dich in Zukunft für uneingeschränktes "Copyright"🙂 🙂 🙂

Dieter Bihlmaier
You're welcome!

Kerry COX
I just love these bi-plane builds, as it takes a special kind of touch to get it right and by the looks, Bernard has it ! 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Today I made a "beginners mistake": I relied on a drawing although I had excellent photos. The drawing shows the nacelle struts on the outside of middle axis but in the original they are on the inside of the middle axis🙁 not really bad but regrettable.

Ján Hrabik
Wow wow wow...i am looking for your progress...

Kevin Johnson
I'd considered doing this one once. I have seen one completed in a contest. As you might guess it did very well.

Bernhard Schrock
The Super Stranraer was reengined with more powerful Wright R-1820 engines. F.m.o. Aires is the best choice for the Wright radials.

Gabor Szabo
Great choice! I intend to build a stranraer too, but after the Matchbox Walrus I need more time 🙂 Very inspiring what You do nevertheless 🙂 Great job!

Kerry COX
I am enthralled Bernhard, all those little 'caps' make such a huge difference. I love it. 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
In Germany we have a saying "wer es nicht im Kopf hat, hat es in den Beinen" (if you don't use your Head you have to use your legs"😢. I did not look at the pictures closely and overlooked that the R-1820 has the ignition ring (divided into 2 halves) in FRONT of the valve pushrods.

Aghis Barberopoulos
Another masterpiece in the making ?

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you mates🙂
Today I completed the engines and the mounting on the nacelles.

Bulldog Scale Models
Really Impressive work your doing on this Supermarine

Bart Goesaert
Nice build so far, and i have to agree with the others, interesting build to follow... The PE flat cables, were they etched on commission?

Bernhard Schrock
THX Antonio & Bart.
Bart: this was an joint venture with an another modeler: I created the artwork, Thomas Gatermann does the etching part.

Bernhard Schrock
I was stunned: it was impossible to mix the correct lemon yellow (matching the dacal) from white and yellow. It was necessary to use lime green too. Approx. 1/4 lime green, 1/4 trainer yellow and 1/2 white produced the correct color.

Holger Kranich
Oh, Du sitzt gerade am Basteltisch? Revell hat so ein Limonengelb, aber frag mich gerade nicht wie die das nennen.

Bernhard Schrock
Hej Holger, danke für den Tipp. Kenne ich. Bei der Beguine (Rennmustang) müsste ich das Gelb der Decals ausbessern und war schon am verzweifeln.... Kein Gelb von Humbrol passte und Revell hat mir aus der Patsche geholfen.

Holger Kranich
😢
Schön zu sehen dass jetzt Farbe ins Spiel kommt!

Aghis Barberopoulos
I like the detailing work, well done.

Bernhard Schrock
2 x Wright R-1820 ready to fly.

Holger Kranich
Goil!!!

Burkhard D
Da kann ich Holger nur zustimmen 😄

Bernhard Schrock
Obviously I used to much ethyl acetate when glueing the wing trailing edges of the upper wing... This problem was visible first after airbrushing🙁 grrrrrrrrrr

Porfiry Pocięgło
Stunning level of detail on the engines.

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice !!!!!.

Gabor Szabo
Awesome!

Aghis Barberopoulos
The latest photos ROCK! Respect

Kerry COX
Prize winning stuff mate. So good. 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Good news: the decals from Whiskey are very well (minus white letters CF BXO🙁😢 made and durable. After sealing with a thin coat of Micro Scale decal film and cutting out the letters (the sheet is completely coated with carrier) I could place everything without problems.
Because the white coats for the large letters are out of register I changed from CF-BXO to CF-BYM.
By the way: thank you for the motivating feedback🙂

Ján Hrabik
Hi Bernhard, one question..is not C and F too close together than B, Y and M? It looks quite asymmetrical...any foto for this?

Bernhard Schrock
You have good eyes Jan. Probably I did not pay enough attention🙁 By the way: I do not know any picture from above.

Bernhard Schrock
After a week of "hard" work now the lower wings are completed. I never thought that producing of two dozen of rectangular holes for the wiring takes so long....

Edgars Bizūns
Onto this one please! 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Hi Edgars, a little bit patience please. After a long project like the Guardian I need a easy and fast one for example Xorox🙂. Yesterday I sawed and and fit the tail on the fuselage of the La-7 and I was surprised how fast this went. After completing the racer, I promise to reactivate the Stanraer.

Kerry COX
Your attention to detail is truly inspiring and motivating Bernhard, as always.
I would have loved to have seen the 'collector' ring for the exhaust you made, as I had to make some for my B-17........no easy task. !!!
Congrats mate.🙂 👍 👍 👍

Edgars Bizūns
Ok, we will keep you on word..😉

Bernhard Schrock
Decals for Xorox take some time (about two weeks) and so I reactivated this modeling project. The cockpit pictures are very rare and so drawings (and parts from old watches) was my main source for detailing the cockpit.

FlyingCircus
Aaah Steuer- und Trimräder mit Evolventenverzahnung

Edgars Bizūns
That is truly impressive 🙂

David Thor
Very impressive! Keep up the good work! 😄

Hanno Kleinecke
I'm simply unable to figure out how you always achieve this superb level of accuracy in 72 nd. It looks so much bigger than it actually can be.
I still have a lot to learn.... Exemplary !

Colin Phillips
Wow,amazing, can't wait to see it painted.

Kerry COX
Bernhard, The chain on the steering column got me. :-O
As Hanno said, your skills are something else mate, just astounding. !! 🙂
The plastic rod and the copper inserts I add to my comments.
Your an other modeller I would like to sit beside and just watch what you do. 🙂 👍.

Bill Gilman
How did I miss this? Just because I was going through chemotherapy, that's no excuse for missing Bernhard building one of my favourite flying boats! Great work! 👍 👍 👍

John E
I echo what everyone else said. Your skills are very impressive! Amazing...

Bernhard Schrock
From today I will only do cockpits with a lot of plastic and even more watch parts. This way I will get a lot of comments🙂

Christian Bruer
Ticktack🙂 What is about the wholes below the pilot seat? Guess they'll be filled?!
Bernhard, you should start a ship one day😉

Kerry COX
Bernhard, you will receive great comments even if you sneezed mate LOL. 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Marco: vor vielen vielen Jahren hatte während der Luftwaffe WWII Phase unter anderem eine He-219 in 1:72 (Dragon??) zusammen gebaut. Der Sitz und die Funkgeräte dürften die Reste des Sets für diesen Vogel sein. Wohl seit 20 Jahren liehen sie dort... Firma:?
Christian: Belüftung für den Piloten🙂 Nee, erster Versuch für die Sitzstreben, ging daneben. Mache ich noch zu.

Dave Flitton
Sorry I missed the entire build, I will watch the finish, or did I miss that as well?

Bernhard Schrock
Guido: THX.
Dave: not too late, you're are welcome to watch the finish🙂
Unfortunately the clear part especially the windows are completely unusable🙁 What to do? In my opinion the fast and simplest way is producing each window from thin transparent PVC. Fortunately the Stranraer has only 11 windows and it wasn't too bad: despite different size after approx. 1 hour all 11 windows was completed-🙂 (picture 57 &58). Now is cinema time.

Bernhard Schrock
How much of the cabin interior is visible through the windows? Because of the size fortunately not so much🙂 if the windows had blinds you would see even less. I think the Super Stranraer in QCA - service certainly had blinds🙂

Bill Gilman
This keeps getting better and better! And thank you for not making 1:72 passenger cabin window blinds - or are you going to do that too? 🙂 🙂 👍 👍

Bernhard Schrock
The main problem is, that I don't know which interior the Stran had until service with QCA. The three seats in the first compartment are probably fictional. So if I put blinds I can't do anything wrong. But no fears, I will only put blinds in the aft compartment and only partially🙂

Dieter Bihlmaier
Lokks great Bernhard. Cool idea with the watch parts.

Kerry COX
Watch maker, watch maker, make me a watch, then, build me a plane. 🙂 👍

Dieter Bihlmaier
Klasse Bernhard, aber ich glaube dein Weißabgleich hat versagt.

Bernhard Schrock
Indeed the watches are a astonishing source for very complicated looking parts. By the way: I have always wondered how these parts were made 135 years ago (the first pocket watches Were built since 1880 for the German marine).
A little progress on the Stranraer: paint for the watch parts🙂

Edgars Bizūns
They propably ordered some Eduard PE parts..

Bernhard Schrock
It was worth to leave this project for several months: 3rd match, I'm motivated again and I think this time the model will be finished.
The decal sheet provides wide black stripes with yellow letters and suggests applying them over the windows too. Because of the very pronounced structure I did not even try. After trimming of the decals I applied only very narrow stripes on black underground (picture 66). This time I was "brave" and I tried a new semi gloss vanish from Model Master (2016) with a surprisingly good result (picture 67).

Kerry COX
The next enthralling episodes of a masterful build Bernhard, and I am pleased to see your back. 🙂 👍.

Christian Meyerhoff
Well Bernhard... As far as I know You wanted to build something simple out of the box after finishing the black widow 🙂 But now You are struggeling again with an old matchbox kit. I can`t wait anymore to see this one finished, because it`s a flying boat. Bernhard please do it again! 🙂

Dave Flitton
Awesome work!!!!

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job!

Bernhard Schrock
Result of a mini task: rectangular windows in place without trouble. Floats painted and ready for mounting.

Bernhard Schrock
The whole modeling time of this weekend consisted nearly of CA-gluing and producing of clouds of sanding dust🙂.

Kerry COX
A highly under estimated filler of gaps that CA glue.👍
It has saved me on many an occasion.

Bart Goesaert
very nice work so far...

Erik Leijdens
Another masterpiece in the making. Wonderful Work Bernhard.

Markus Antonius
stupid question, bernhard... but how do you manage all this... factor: time.. do you have wife and kids?

Bernhard Schrock
It's unbelievable how many details consists a hull of a flying boat. Mission impossible to represent all of them and so I scratched only very few of them.

Bill Gilman
Mission impossible? For Bernhard? Never! 👍 👍 👍

Gordon Sørensen
The "very few" details you do scratchbuild add up to a very impressive looking model Bernhard!

Bernhard Schrock
You comments, especially the one from Bill, have made me thoughtful in the last days. I done the paint job via airbrush and brush (yes: brush!! then on any places it was impossible to manage the task with the airbrush). I tried as hard as I could and it did not work as I wanted🙁 The combination of raised windows frames, painting scheme and the kind of decals (printed with a sublimation printer) was very unfavorably. Well, you can't always have everything🙂

Bill Gilman
I think you've done a fantastic job, especially when I recall that this is the Matchbox kit. Maybe some things did not work as you wanted, but you have achieved a marvelous result with this old kit. You've gone far beyond anything that Matchbox ever intended, and I praise you for that - I'm looking forward to seeing the completed project! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Bart Goesaert
very nice progress... and it's becoming a real gem...

Bernhard Schrock
Today i looked at the reworked canopy and thought "you can't use this armored glass - there is so much work in the whole model". As a first result the roof-rail, upper and right fixed panels and right moveable panel.

Stefan Schacht
Hallo Bernhard, es ist immer wieder schön Deinen Projekten zu folgen. Viele Grüße
Stefan

Marco
Great work Bernhard, amazing job on this old lady.

Bart Goesaert
lovely pic the last one... then we try to sand everything smooth...

Ján Hrabik
Bernard please, for the next time something big, like 1:72 Heller DC6 Skymaster. Please.

Thomas Bischoff
it is always a pleasure and inspiration to watch your work

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you mates.
Jan: you are so right! The Stranraer (1:72 Is small, too small for me) and reeally challenge. I think next time I try anything in 1:48...
Last week I meet Hanno Kleinecke and told him that I don't have the right idea how and in what sequence I should attach the canopy. He told me to simply "make the frame from metal". This was an excellent idea and now I have a very durable (soldered) frame. Thank you Hanno!!!!
Little bit progress: handles for the bow (durable too because completely from metal).

Hanno Kleinecke
Anytime Bernhard ! I'm glad to have made a small contribution to this great project of yours. You made it look a lot more sophisticated compared to what I was able to imagine ! 🙂

Kerry COX
When and where are you planning to test fly it Bernhard.? 🙂 🙂 🙂.
It's a real work of art to be so proud of mate. 👍 👍

Martien Lourens
immer schön, um dein Arbeit zu sehen. Lust pur soll ich sagen 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Hanno: thx again. The frame I unbelievable durable.
Kerry: I don't know yet about the flight but you have a seat🙂
Martien: the passenger cabin of my Stran has several seats; would you participate in the first take of?

The next obstacle is overcome: the pilots have a roof above there heads🙂
Honestly I was pretty scared of this... But I was lucky: 3 of 9 panels was moveable and so I did not have to glue them in🙂

Hanno Kleinecke
Troubleshooting a' la Bernhard : How to turn a problem into an advantage. Exceptional, all other words fail....... 🙂

Lance Jacobson
Looking really sweet - this is one kit I'd like to get someday, my grandfather worked on those during the war when he was stationed at Coal Harbour on the north end of Vancouver Island. Well done indeed.

Bernhard Schrock
Time for a glass red wine: the roof is painted. Because a mistake by mixing of paints I had to do this job twice. Fortunately I was possible to remove the paint from the canopy without problems. 🙂

Dave Flitton
The canopy looks sweeeet!

Kerry COX
Just superb Bernhard. 👍 🙂

Martien Lourens
Awesome

Clifford Keesler
A master piece as always Bernhard.

Bart Goesaert
pff, nice work with the windows...

Stefan Schneider
Amazing work!

Bernhard Schrock
Sometimes traffic jams are useful: today evening I found the solution for clean attaching of the wings to the fuselage without messy work.

Christian Meyerhoff
This is ingenious Bernhard! Probably the best solution for this job. What brand of cyano will You use? It has to be very thin I think.

Bernhard Schrock
Moin Moin Christian, thank you🙂
As always I intend to use the thin CA from Tamiya which has a very fine tip like pipettes. I think this will work but today was a long day for me and it's too late for gluing and so I take a break: It's probably smarter.

Christian Meyerhoff
For sure!😉 Don`t mess it up!

Bernhard Schrock
Very good news: everything worked as planned. 100% success. 0,0 g putty & 0,0 g sanding required. Three small stripes of self adhesive aluminum foil as cover for the gaps was enough. 🙂🙂

Bart Goesaert
outstanding job...

Dieter Bihlmaier
Gratulation Bernhard! Das dürfte die wohl weltweit am besten umgesetzte Matchbox Stranraer sein.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Whow..... awesome and outstanding- in every aspect!

Bernhard Schrock
Dieter: da bin ich aber platt... Aber auch schachmatt, denn das Modell ist ja noch gar nicht fertig und nun habe ich also keine Wahl und MUSS die Stran zu Ende bauen🙂

Christian Meyerhoff
Na ja Bernhard, wer die Meßlatte so hoch legt muß wohl auch mit solch positiven Reaktionen rechnen🙂 Und das Teil wird immer besser! Ich habe absolute Hochachtung vor Deinen Fähigkeiten und Deiner Ausdauer! Wirklich beeindruckend! 👍

Bill Gilman
It just keeps getting better! 👍

Christian Ristits
Looks more fantastic with every step!

Burkhard D
Way too good!😉 👍👍👍👍

Glenn
Nice work mate!

Hanno Kleinecke
Wheels ? I don't suppose the Stran was amphibious, so they might be for a cart to place her on ? 🙂

Stefan Schacht
Hi Bernhard, i can hardly wait to see the model next year at a scale modeling show 🙂. Cheers Stefan

Bernhard Schrock
Hi Hanno, you are "nearly" right: Stranraer was not a true amphibian and needed a beaching gear.
@Stefan: seeing the many Stranraer fans I have no way out but to bring it to the EME 2016🙂

MRMLA
Superb, looking forward! 🙂 ☺

Bernhard Schrock
Yesterday I researched the last time before mounting the upper wing. It was worth it because I discovered that the Strans in "my" scheme has 2 additional rails on the right side: on the bow and on roof of the cockpit. After attaching them now I'm ready for mounting (today🙂🙂🙂 ) of the upper wing.

Kerry COX
Outstanding in every way Bernhard, and I do like the museum images, as it helps me tell the difference between your work and the real thing.
A BIG salute mate. 👍 👍 👍 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
It was worth to invest a lot work and preparing the connecting points for the struts: all struts fit on the lower side without glue.
Mounting of the engine nacelle struts on the lower side.
I used the same technique as for the wings and applied the CA - glue through two auxiliary holes respectively connecting points for the landing legs. For this I had to redrill an already closed hole (landing leg mounting point).

Christian Ristits
Sieht einfach nur geil aus das Teil, super Arbeit Bernhard (wie immer😉)!

Marc Schimmler
Ich habe den Bausatz hier liegen. Ich glaube die Anzahl Atome, die da noch erhalten sind bei Dir kann man an zwei Händen abzählen ... Chapeau.

Christian Meyerhoff
Das wird das wohl beste Flugboot aller Zeiten! Allein das verbeulte Blech am Rumpf ist der Hammer! Besser geht es wohl kaum!

Archibaldd Haddock
Love it! 😄

Bernhard Schrock
Next task is completed successfully: mounting and glueing of the upper wing without blemishes and without trouble. In the front of the nacelle I drilled an auxiliary hole for applying of CA for gluing of the forward strut without a mess.

Many thank to all Mates for all comments.
I wish all Mates all the best and happy new year.

@Christian:
freut mich, dass Dir das Finish gefällt. Korrespondierend mit meiner Philosophie (nicht der absolute Glanz via "Alclad Spiegel chrom" sondern unterschiedlicher Glanz durch nachpolieren ist entscheidend) habe ich auch hier meine bewährte Mischung aus Testors Metalizer, Testors Sealer und MrColor/Gunze MrMetall verwendet. Anschließend mit Micromesh 3200/3600 poliert/geschliffen und zum Schluss mit Q-Tipps über die Blechstösse und Nietenreihen gewischt.

Christian Bruer
Happy New Year - Same to you and your family🙂

Looking forward to this stunning WIP next year🙂

Stefan Schacht
I'm speechless 🙂, Cheers Stefan

Kerry COX
And all the best from the land "Down Under". see you all in 2016. 🙂 👍

Bill Gilman
Exquisite! Looking forward to the finish, and to new Yellowwing projects in 2016 - gutes neues jahr!

Bernhard Schrock
2016: you and all Mates are welcome🙂
Today was a real "slow" day... After "awakening" (after lunch🙂 I dared to start the wiring. Result: 12 of 36 are in place with very minor collateral damage. When I painted the turnbuckles aluminum I slipped with the brush and soiled the wing. No big dear🙂

Kerry COX
Your work is all the more extraordinary to me when you present an item we are all familiar with that helps bring it home to us, what you have produced. 👍
Stunned I am, absolutely gob smacked at your skills, but totally inspired.🙂
Salute. 👍 👍 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Wiring, 2nd task: 27 of 36 in place. This time I used photo etched profiles, 0,35-0,40 mm wide. I decided to use the darker set that looks a little oxidized. I'm not really satisfied with the result because the color of the wiring is clearly different from the rest of the airplane. I have to sleep on it for a night.... :I

Bernhard Schrock
Today I attached the remaining 9 wires and managed the last hurdle: the spread bars. I cracked my head over this for several days because I had no idea how to do this. In the original the wires passed THROUGH the spread bars where they cross. That means that a piece of rod (in the model) "should" not lie under or over the crossing point. I came up with the following solution. I attached approx. 1,5 mm long and pointed pieces of 0,7 mm rod on both sides and filled the area between the rods with CA glue. In two cases I had to add a thin slice of rod because of to large distance between the wires. I was truly surprised that this was necessary only in two cases. In the end I painted everything with a mix of Mr Color metal primer and Alminute pigment. To my great surprise the spread bars in the model have the same effect as in the original: everything is very durable.

Archibaldd Haddock
It gets better... everytime! 😄

Hanno Kleinecke
Klasse geworden Bernhard, ich hatte mich schon gefragt, wie Du das gemacht hast. Sieht total überzeugend aus!

Ricardo Gonzalez Ramos
Amazing work!

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you Mates!
The last curve: completed minus props and wire-antennas🙂🙂🙂

Jens
Moin Bernhard, whenever I have been following your reports, I find it very difficult the tool back in the hand to take, very informative, absolutely worth seeing and the models at the end simply a class of its own, top notch, Divinely awesome, admirable (Y ) 👍 👍

Holger Kranich
Die Vorschußlorbeeren waren mehr als berechtigt! Häßliches Flugzeug - Fantastischer Modellbau!😄

Bill Gilman
👍 👍 👍 👍

Stefan Schacht
Hi Bernhard, Lübeck? Cheers Stefan

Ben STONE
It looks great Bernhard. I came across one of these models at our local aviation museum.
South Australian Aviation Museum/Model Expo | Album by Chazwazza

Bernhard Schrock
One more time thank you Mates.
@Stefan: Lübeck? Ja am Sonntag, werde mit Hanno Kleinecke gemeinsam ausstellen und freue mich riesig. Aber Du meinst wohl mit Deiner Frage, ob ich den Drahtverhau mitbringe? Mal sehen.....🙂

Hanno Kleinecke
52 parts for two 1/72nd prop hubs...... well worth the effort ! 👍 👍

Ricardo Gonzalez Ramos
Another masterpiece

Marc Schimmler
"Unerschrocken" nahm er sich des Bausatzes an ...
Ich bin entzückt.

Roland Sachsenhofer
That´s your very best. First class..... I am speechless

Kerry COX
I echo all of the above comments Bernhard. absolutely. 🙂 👍
Salute. !!!

Hanno Kleinecke
Nothing less than best in show, beautiful !

Lance Jacobson
We all bow to the master - this is beyond well done, perhaps superlative would be appropriate.

Glenn
Fantastic Work Bernhard.. Take a 5 minute break and get into your next amazing project!

Ulf Petersen
Amazing masterpiece, Bernhard! I am deeply impressed. 👍

Bernd Korte
Kann mich nur anschließen, wirklich sehr schön!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Most impressive Bernhard. Chapeau!

Martien Lourens
Very impressive work. It is certainly the best matchbox Stranraer ever built.

Soeren R.
Amazing and impressive work! The best word for this is "Masterpiece"

Bart Goesaert
what more can be added to the above comments... outstanding job

Cristian Bordina
Wonderful as always !!! Congrats Bernhard😉

Łukasz Gliński
I didn't write anything earlier on, but it was a pleasure to watch this build, the amount of scratchbuilt details is amazing

Marco
Meinen Respekt vor diesen Modell, toll was du aus dem alten Matchbox Kit gezaubert hast,

Erik Houghton
👍 👍 👍

Christian Ristits
Genial!

Hubert Ortinger
Hast Du eigentlich auch schon mal ´ne 109er gebaut, oder so.....!?

Roberto Rocat
A masterpiece! ...and the auxiliary hole is great!

arne vd burg
Indeed a masterpiece . Wonderfull

Bill Gilman
I can only repeat what everyone has already said! A masterpiece and outstanding example of modelling skill and craftsmanship - bravo! 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Bravo's not enough - bravissimo!😉

Bernhard Schrock
In the past every time when I finished a model I enjoyed this moment. For the last two years I'm enjoyed this moment twice because I get so many positive and friendly comments from you. Actually the enjoyment is three fold because you like my work and you support me when times are rough.
One of you suggested that I should take a only a five minute break🙂 but it is going to be more like 15 minute because the bird needs a nest🙂 I already have an idea for the nest (2 last pictures).

Stefan Schacht
Hi Bernhard, nice idea. Do you want to add a few figures? Cheers Stefan

Bernhard Schrock
Hi Stefan. Es ist zuerst eine grobe Idee, welche heute aufm Weg Heim entstand. Figuren: eher nicht da ich nicht wirklich Gesichter malen kann, erst recht nicht in diesem Maßstab🙁
Die Idee sieht so aus, dass die Flächen des Dios gar keine Struktur bekommen sollen, sondern nur Farbe (um nicht vom Modell abzulenken). Das Wasser an der Kante der Rampe will ich in der Art und Weise gestalten, wie damals bei dem Dio mit der Supermarine S6 (sind es wirklich 23 Jahre her.....?) Grüße zurück, Bernhard.
Übrigens nimmt die EME 2016 Gestalt an: Jens hat uns heute angemeldet.

Stefan Schacht
Hi Bernhard, egal wie strukturiert Du die Grundplatte baust, sie wird definitiv nicht vom Modell ablenken sondern nur die Gesamtwirkung unterstreichen 🙂. Figuren sind auch mein Schwachpunkt, aber solangsam lerne ich es. Viele Grüße Stefan

Ján Hrabik
There is nothing to say....just WOW!
And as i wrote before, your are candidate for "Kit-master of the Year"

Stephan Ryll
without words 👍

Archibaldd Haddock
A truly delight for the heart and soul, a very welcome warm sight for this cold winter days. Thank you for sharing your art and talent! 😄

Burkhard D
Masterpiece 10/10 👍👍👍👍👍

MRMLA
Superior! Simply to get in! Nice! 👍 👍 👍

Erik Leijdens
A Masterpiece Berhard. Nothing more needs to be said 👍

Eric Bunn
Based on my fingers, it doesn't seem possible that human hands could do this. Great work!

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you for the second bunch of feedback! In view of all the comments I took great care with the base🙂 Just now coated the water with a layer of future and now I'm satisfied. Pictures coming soon.

Urban Gardini
You really should make the plaque longer and add the same text in English as well as in German. I love what you've done with the crude and old Matchbox kit! Excellent scratch building.

Ján Hrabik
And now please DC6 1:72 🙂

bughunter
Somehow I missed it - but it was now on Modellversium. What a great amount of details - very nice model 👍

Spanjaard
i missed this work of art/modelling course/absolutely astonishing model from you Bernhard. thanks for showing what true accuracy and attention to detail really mean

Norbert Steffens
Great Model. Especially the metal finish and the bracing. WOW

gorby
I've been to Stranraer and it isn't a tenth as beautiful as you model Bernhard. Looking through your photos is like a masterclass in modelling, so thanks I've learned a lot.

Arash Zakeri
Nice job

Arash Zakeri
Really great job

Hubert Kendziorek
S u p e r b! Best regards, Hubert

Henry
WOW!

Clifford Keesler
Amazing job Sir.

Aghis Barberopoulos
Awesome

Tom ...
Beautiful! Reminds me of Porco Rosso or maybe I'm thinking of The Wind Rises

Curatorm
Outstanding work, both build and paint.

Alec K
Nice to see this masterpiece pop up again 👍

Clifford Keesler
Outstanding Sir.

Pietro De Angelis
How lucky to have the opportunity to admire this masterpiece,
congrats!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Ist ein richtiges Prachtstück! Super gebaut!👍👍👍

Bernhard Schrock
🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂. I'm very happy to read all you comments. Thanks!

Hanno Kleinecke
Ist und bleibt ein Meisterstück ! 👍

Mr James
Impressive detail and wonderful weathering

Paul Shearer
Nice 👍👍

André Silva
The spider web detail, looks so cool

Rui S
Nicely done 👍 It deserves a base 🤔

Gary Victory
Really nice finish and weathered look. Job Job.

Bruce Huxtable
Wow! Superb results for sure.

Bruce Huxtable
Immaculate!

Clement
Hi guys,

This is the venerable Xtrakit/MPM/Special Hobby Gloster Meteor F.8 which has since been superseded by Airfix offering but I had it in stock and I figured "how bad can it be?".

Back in 2006, 18 year old me had been blown away by Brett Green's build on Hyperscale which convinced me to order the kit straight from Hannants.
Well folks, Mr Green makes it look easy.

As a short run first-timer, I wasn't ready for the amount of sanding, cutting, filling and scratch-building needed to get this kit to look passable.

I don't think it's my best effort but I'm glad it's now across the finish line and I'll gladly avoid short-run kits in the future 🙂

Have a great day and happy modelling!